Campaign Import Tool

Use the Campaign Import tool to create multiple campaigns at the same time through bulk upload into your Rank Ranger account.

Prior to uploading your campaigns, we recommend that you:

Create account Users and make a list of their User ID numbers for use in the campaign_manager_id field of the import file.

Create Profiles for easy grouping of campaigns in multiple campaign reports, and creation of single sign-on dashboards. Be sure to make a list of the ID numbers while creating profiles so you'll have them readily available for use in the profile_id field of the import file.

If local rank tracking is a goal of any of your campaigns, review this Local Results Settings documentation and contact us with any questions you have, to ensure that your campaigns are set up correctly from the start.

Review our Best Practices document to learn about time and effort saving account-wide settings that should be configured prior to importing your campaigns if you plan to use Client Dashboards, PDF Reports, or Keyword Tags.

The Campaign Import Tool is located in the Tools > Utilities section of Rank Ranger.

default for domains or sub-domains
Count rank results as is when checking your rankings in search engine results.
This is used when you want to monitor domains (e.g. yoursite.com/*), or sub-domains (e.g., *.yoursite.com/*).

exact url for Sub-Directory or Specific PageMonitoring Exact URL rankings means that you are interested in tracking the rank of a specific page or section within a website. When you choose this option Rank Ranger will match the results only if the exact URL matches the search engine result.
This is used when you want to monitor
sub directories (e.g. http://yoursite.com/subdirectory),
or specific landing pages (e.g., http://yoursite.com/yourpage.html).

Please note that you will only be able to insert a specific URL for your campaign if you have selected this option. If you select one of the alternative SERP options then any sub-directory and/or landing page entered will be stripped and only the domain name (e.g., yoursite.com) will be used for ranking.

explicit domain count for domains or sub-domains
When checking your rankings this option will ignore duplicate domains in search engine results.
This is used when you want to monitor domains (e.g. yoursite.com/*), or sub-domains (e.g., *.yoursite.com/*).

Refer to this documentation for complete details and illustrations of results).

Campaign > General Settings screen
If after importing your file you need to make changes to the above settings, you'll find them in the Campaign > General Settings screen

se_1_id: search engine IDs are based on country and type, refer to the Search Engine List that you downloaded from the Campaign Import Tool screen and enter the corresponding se_id in this field.

se_1_location: if you want keywords tracked based on search location, enter a location in this field (if not, leave it blank). Location must be formatted based on these examples:

California (this narrows a USA search engine to track keywords only in the state of California)

Miami, FL (this narrows a USA search engine tracking to the city of Miami, Florida)

90210 (using only a postal code causes a very narrow search from a location within that postal code area)

London, UK (this targets a UK search to the city of London)

WC1N (entering a UK postal code causes a very narrow search from a location within that postal code area)

se_1_name: this is a custom identifier option that you may use to change the display name of a search engine such as Google Local Finder Loc 1 to a City name or other identifier when viewing certain reports (e.g. Search Engines report)

se_1_business: enter the business name exactly as it displays in the Google My Business listing (refer to this documentation for examples and further instructions). This setting is used for tracking Local Pack or Hotel Pack if they appear in Google SERPs for campaign keywords. This is applicable to Google desktop, mobile, local finder and maps search engines only.

se_1_organic_rank_count: the default is to exclude (blank field), enter include if you want the rank tracker to include local pack or hotel pack rankings (refer to the Business Results Match section of this documentation for examples and clarification).

se_1_include_if_ranked: enter yes only if you want the domain or business name match counted if either display in the local pack or hotel pack. Important: The se_1_organic_rank_count must be set to include in order for include_if_ranked to be applied.

Campaign > Search Engine Settings screen
If after importing your campaigns you need to make changes to the above search engine settings, you'll find them in the Campaign > Search Engine Settings screen

The next section can be used if you want to add a 2nd search engine to a campaign. The instructions are the same as those for the se_1_ search engine settings above.

se_2_id:

se_2_location:

se_2_name:

se_2_business:

se_2_organic_rank_count:

se_2_include_if_ranked:

If your package supports additional search engines, then you may insert columns and label them with the number 3 or 4 using the same format as above for each field.

competitors: enter competitor URLs separated by commas. These URLs must be in the same format as the primary_url, for example:

if you are using the default or explicit domain count tracking mode, then enter only the domain name (e.g. example.com) and our rank tracker will report on all instances of example.com, www.example.com, http and https versions of the domain and all of it's folders and pages.

if you are using exact url tracking mode, then enter an exact page URL only in this field.

keywords: enter keywords separated by commas and no spaces between them (e.g., apples,bananas,blueberries,cherries). There is a limit of 1,000 keywords per campaign. If you want to track several thousand keywords for a domain, we recommend creating multiple campaigns by separating the keywords into groups (e.g., dividing by product category, or business location).

tags: if you want the keywords grouped together for selection in or filtering reports, you may enter a descriptive tag. If you enter multiple tags, separate them with a comma and no spaces between them.

You may separate keywords into multiple columns to create additional tag groupings using this column naming format (i.e., for 3 groups change the 2 to a 3):

white_label_password: option to import a password per campaign to be used for Client Dashboard login

profile_id: if you wish to associate a campaign with a profile, enter the profile ID in this field. Profiles must be created in advance of campaign import by following these instructions. You will find the profile ID number in the URL of the individual profile details screen, for example:
https://www.rankranger.com/?p=rank-profile&profile_id=60